Organised Chaos: A Very Practical Guide to Drama Teaching

Are you a new drama teacher looking to prepare thoroughly for your new career?
Are you looking for a drama teaching book that is jam-packed with great information, good ideas and wise advice?
Are you struggling with your teaching, feeling out of your depth, or just plain running out of ideas?
Then take time to read the outline below and do your self a favour and buy a copy of: “Organised Chaos: A Very Practical Guide to Drama Teaching.” I guarantee you won’t regret it.

E-book Contents
Chapter 1. Portrait of a Sucessful/Failed Drama Teacher
A brief outline of my career from it’s early beginnings till now.

Chapter 2. The Teacher/Student Relationship
Some hard lessons I learned on how to establish the right relationship
with your students to ensure success.

Chapter 3. The Drama Class is Dynamic and Unpredictable
Some insights into what to expect and how to deal with the dynamics of
a drama class.

Chapter 4. The Drama Space
An outline of what are the best spaces and best resources for an
effective drama teaching space.

Chapter 5. The Problem with Mandatory Unitised Curriculum?
Some key guidelines on how to organise a drama program and what to
expect when you run it.

Chapter 6. A Practical Approach to Drama
My personal approach on how to structure a drama program and why.

Chapter 7. Sell Your Subject
Some keys on how to promote drama as a subject within the school
community to students, parents and colleagues.

Chapter 8. Games are Essential not Optional
Insights into the importance and use of games in the drama class.

Chapter 9. Group-Work Keys
Real gems on how to work with diverse groups of students to achieve
desired outcomes. What to look for in group dynamics and some
solutions to problems.

Chapter 10. Improvisation – The Foundation of Drama Work
A very thorough outline of how to teach improvisation in the drama
classroom and why it is so important.

Chapter 11. Clowning
One of my most successful units of work with young drama students
and an excellent foundation for future work.

Chapter 12. Theatre-In-Education Project (TIE)
One of the most popular, productive units of work in my drama program.
Excellent for teaching a broad range of performance and stage craft
skills.

Chapter 13. Community Theatre Project
An outstandingly successful and popular unit of work for senior students.
This project has enormous value by itself but could also be the
springboard for other Community Theatre projects.

Chapter 14. Characterisation
I have been absolutely 'blown away' by the standard of performance and
depth of characterisation that students have achieved in this unit of work.

Chapter 15. Scripted Drama
This unit of work lays great foundations for student understanding of the
complexities involved in taking a script, analysing and interpreting it and
finally turning it into a performance.

Chapter 16. Group Devised Performance
This outlines a journey which is not for the faint-hearted but one which
has the potential to produce your most memorable moments in theatre
performance and your most rewarding achievements as a drama
teacher.

Chapter 17. The Big School Production
The keys to mounting a successful large scale school production. Distilled from years of experience working not just in the school
environment but also in professional and amateur theatre.

Chapter 18. Cross-Curricular Units of Work
The outline of several units of work designed to be conducted in collaboration with colleagues in other teaching disciplines.